I'm not a big fan of most holidays. I'm not a fan of Christmas because, while I'm not religious, I can't stand how Santa became more important than Jesus CHRIST(mas). I don't like Easter so much because of the Easter Bunny (again, another holiday in which J has been overshadowed by a being with white, fluffy hair - I detect a pattern here). I don't really like Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, or even Halloween so much - more made-up holidays.
My favorite holidays are the ones that still purport their original intent. My number one favorite holiday is actually Thanksgiving, but the one I appreciate the most is July 4. I love AMERICA DAY!!! I'm not the most patriotic person when it comes to outpouring my love of America, but I do love MY country and appreciate its origins and history. For every American, this is your country, so please take care of it and enjoy all that it gives you.
Enough of my red, white, and blue ramble - it's on to the business...
Kerri and I have been working feverishly on making our apartment a comfortable home for the next couple of years. So far, we've bought two rooms' worth of furniture, a giant TV and stand/mount, and have painted two rooms, put a few pictures and our degrees up, and gotten rid of a TON of unnecessary clutter - don't worry we didn't just throw it away. It'll be used by various siblings.
We also have a completely stocked kitchen full of utensils, dinnerware, appliances, cutlery, water filtration systems, and cookware. Our wedding shower was last weekend, and we never expected that after all the ripping of the wrapping paper was over, the only thing we didn't get was a cheese grater and a Jack LaLanne juicer. Seriously, everything that we asked for is in our kitchen. The most exciting part was opening the toaster from my sister and realizing that, FINALLY, we could eat the two giant boxes of waffles we bought at BJs in May.
Kerri has discovered that we have a little plot for a garden, and within a week of being here, she planted the following: tomatoes, catnip, zucchini, squash, broccoli, green beans, cucumbers, mint, basil, oregano, cilantro, jalapeno peppers, and red chilis. The plant life is outrageous, and the tomato plants are as tall as I am after a month of growing. She has already harvested some green beans and a couple of tomatoes from a plant her mom gave us. Today, she took a couple of catnip leaves and gave them to the cats. They are currently doing laps around the apartment.
Hank and Ralph love this place. They don't have to deal with dogs or Ashley anymore. Hank doesn't get to be outside anymore, but that's ok because he punishes Ralph. They kill the bugs that get in the apartment, and they try to steal green beans from our bowl. It took them no time to get used to this place.
Bottom line is that we have 0 complaints about this place. We are finally independent and living on our own. We have been lucky to get everything we asked for, and this space is becoming what we want it to be. Next time I blog will probably be around wedding time, so expect some weird ramblings for that one.
Until then...
